Originally Posted by SloS13

Melatonin also gives you fucked up crazy-ass super vivid dreams. FOR REALZ DOG.

Originally Posted by hondacivc93

is melatonin supposed to be used to help sleep or is it intended for something else? if so i might have to check gnc for it cause i cant sleep for ---- ever

Originally Posted by Jorsher

I second melatonin.

Naturally, when your eyes are in darkness, serotonin will be converted to melatonin which regulates your biological clock and helps you sleep :6 Well, if you have a lack of serotonin (like I do), or just want a better chance of sleeping, melatonin is good stuff.

It never really made me tired, always had to make an effort, but when I did get to sleep, seemed to sleep much better, have more vivid dreams, and wake up feeling more refreshed.

Originally Posted by SloS13

Melatonin also gives you fucked up crazy-ass super vivid dreams. FOR REALZ DOG.

Originally Posted by doug684

Melatonin FTW! Have to take it and actually try to go to sleep though. If you don't won't know the difference. I've had some dreams so real I start to wonder later was it a dream or did it really happen?

Originally Posted by c0mpl3x

15mg of melatonin + half a case of beer = some fucked up sleep ahead of you :y

Originally Posted by wikipedia

Dreaming

Many supplemental melatonin users have reported an increase in vivid dreaming. Extremely high doses of melatonin (50mg) dramatically increased REM sleep time and dream activity in both narcoleptics and those without narcolepsy. [39]However, one factor that may influence this perception is that many over-the-counter melatonin tablets also include Vitamin B6 (pyroxidine), which is also known to be capable of producing vivid dreams.[citation needed]

Many psychoactive drugs, such as LSD, increase melatonin synthesis.[39] It has been suggested that nonpolar (lipid-soluble) indolic hallucinogenic drugs emulate melatonin activity in the awakened state and that both act on the same areas of the brain.[39] It has been suggested that psychotropic drugs be readmitted in the field of scientific inquiry and therapy.[40] If so, melatonin may be prioritized for research in this reemerging field of psychiatry.[41]

Use as a dietary supplement
A bottle of melatonin supplement

The use of melatonin as a drug can entrain (synchronize) the circadian clock to environmental cycles and can have beneficial effects for treatment of certain forms of insomnia. Its therapeutic potential may be limited by its short biological half-life, poor bioavailability, and the fact that it has numerous non-specific actions.[61] In recent studies though, prolonged release melatonin has shown good results in treating insomnia in older adults.[62]

The primary motivation for the use of melatonin as a supplement may be as a natural aid to better sleep. Incidental benefits to health and well-being may accumulate, due to melatonin's role as an antioxidant and its stimulation of the immune system and several components of the endocrine system.

Originally Posted by c0mpl3x

photoshop stuff. good way to pass the time :y